“Indigo children”—kids of the ’70s thought by New Agey types to possess otherworldly, even psychic, abilities—were Joshua Huppert and Qiaoran Huang’s starting point for Spring. And at this morning’s dim sum breakfast–slash-presentation (live-streamed via Weibo), many of the street-cast models who sat around in the brand’s clothing, tucking into mooncakes, looked like just kids themselves.

There has always been something fundamentally authentic about the Babyghost take on youth and subculture. Bicontinental, operating between New York and Shanghai, the brand embodies something of the eclecticism of both those cities. But it also takes inspiration from its fans—chief among them the Babyghost muse, model and de facto brand ambassador Xiao Wen Ju, who has styled past collections. This season, the duo continued to crowd-source inspiration, responding to feedback from young interns and allowing models to take an active role in styling their respective looks—even mixing in non-Babyghost items from their own closets.

As for the nitty-gritty of the collection itself: Hupper and Huang took the indigo associated with the collection’s titular children and ran with it, dyeing denim in different tones, and sending out inky blue bombers, trousers, et al. If Spring ’17 doesn’t feel like the most classically “spring-y” of offerings, then bear in mind that for Babyghost’s key markets, these deliveries are hitting stores when there’s still a wintry chill in the air. The collection featured texture galore: fishnet stockings (the label’s first accessory to hit production), vaporous silks, and luxe-looking jacquard. Graphics, a consistently strong suit for the brand, felt especially focused here: baroque artworks; a big, beautiful embroidery, which nodded to the poster for the cult Japanese horror Hausu; a new, glow-in-the-dark label (featuring the creepy kids of Village of the Damned); and a killer ripstop parka whose hood bore at the center a take on Dalí’s storied The Eye of Time.